NYPD’s “gun units” are just as racist as they always were, are specifically targeting Blacks and Latinos

"According to the NYPD, between March 14 and May 15, the Neighborhood Safety Teams had made 448 arrests. And though the impetus for the creation of the units is to track down illegal guns, only 86 — less than one in five — were for criminal possession of a firearm."

— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) May 23, 2022

"According to a New York Focus analysis of demographic data aggregated by journalist John Keefe, all but one of the 28 precincts to which the Neighborhood Safety Teams have deployed are majority Black and Latino."

— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) May 23, 2022

"The resulting roster reveals that, in many instances, cops repeatedly accused of committing abuses when they served on plainclothes units are now likely working on the new teams — often as high-ranking supervisors…" https://t.co/MeiMJ96MMU

— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) May 23, 2022